Papers

The top 10 most popular scientific research papers of 2017

1. Associations of fats and carbohydrate intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality in 18 countries from five continents (PURE): a prospective cohort study 
2. Work organization and mental health problems in PhD students 
3. Comparison of Hospital Mortality and Readmission Rates for Medicare Patients Treated by Male vs Female Physicians  
4. Correction of a pathogenic gene mutation in human embryos  
5. Gender stereotypes about intellectual ability emerge early and influence children’s interests  
6. More than 75 percent decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass in protected areas  
7. Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults  
8. A Feathered Dinosaur Tail with Primitive Plumage Trapped in Mid-Cretaceous Amber  
9. Efficacy and effectiveness of an rVSV-vectored vaccine in preventing Ebola virus disease: final results from the Guinea ring vaccination, open-label, cluster-randomised trial (Ebola Ça Suffit!)  
10. An extra-uterine system to physiologically support the extreme premature lamb  

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Source: TimesHigherEducation.com 

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